It took the Duke exactly one day to come to a decision and another two to make my return happen. He decided that I would take on a second major so from now on I would have to learn about magic and knighthood.
From my point of view it was a very good alternative. I had to train my body anyway and had no real concept of magic, so training my body first would be beneficial. Besides, should I deem it necessary to defy the Game System, it would probably not make things easier for me, so I had to prepare.
For now, I asked to keep my return under wraps. I was still a little unclear about which playthrough run I was on, since nothing I re-experienced from these memories seemed to be chronological. I already found out that my suspension this time was a memory I already went through. It was the auto-mode villainess incident where Sophien poured a glass of water on the ground for the heroine to wipe, as well as her standing up against her father. So as a result, I decided to make that my theme of action.
I couldn't just nonsensically change my behavior. I had to keep up some sort of front to firstly, stay in line with the Game System's tasks and secondly to not arouse suspicions. This asshole of a fiance would likely use every negative rumor to condemn me. So me acting crazy would be a perfect excuse to annul our engagement however... While I would like for that to happen, right now only death could annul our engagement, as that was the game's direction. Quite romantically if you looked at it from an objective point of view and if the people involved had a favorable impression of each other.
Honestly, I could not judge the capture targets because Sophien did do wrong. It was just that their way of doing things was not my cup of coffee. Maybe it was a leftover belief of my former world but I did not want to solve my problems with death.
The only exception I could make was for Cato because I knew fairly well about his conduct towards his sister. And while it all started with good and pure feelings of siblings, his behavior took a turn as soon as he entered the academy. It was save to say that he began to emotionally torture his sister even if it started unconsciously, it could not excuse his later behavior in which he caused his sister to die multiple times.
That is why I decided to judge the capture targets myself before deciding whether and how I should get revenge for Sophien. We were all captives of this game, after all.
'For now let's keep quiet about my changing aptitude in magic.'
I made up my mind. The devices which could measure one's status could only view Stats so while the academy was aware of my improved body, nobody could perceive the other changes which had accumulated in my body.
The Duke's aptitude for magic was hereditary fire and caused our eyes to remain red through all these generations. However, through the experiences Sophien and also me had to go through, we gained two additional aptitudes. Light and Darkness. This would become my trump card. It was something Sophien never possessed thus creating an unforeseen variable in this game.
But first of all, I would have to re-learn magic. Simply borrowing Sophien's wisdom was not enough. I was able to use Mana Breath perfectly. It was just that I was only able to use Mana Breath.
"Ines, when will I depart?".
She bowed to me before answering, "Since the weekend is coming, the Duke decided for you to return on Monday."
I nodded. Thankfully, this game was based on my own world therefore I had no problems getting used to it. Time and seasons were mostly the same, I only had to learn a new currency which became increasingly simple thanks to Sophien's experiences. The only exception was the aforementioned magic.
I sighed. "Thank you. Please leave me alone for a while. I will call for you, should I need you."
"Yes, my lady." With that she simply left as instructed.

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Transmigrating into an endless Death Cycle
FantasyThe feeling of running far faster than my body could handle was the first impression I had of this world. Unimaginable fear and pain were the second. When our Main Character awoke, she knew that she died in her original world and soon found out the...